'Sovereign citizens' sentenced to prison term in Western Australia for defiance of court order (www.abc.net.au)

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Two 'sovereign citizens' have been sentenced to a month in jail, with a judge warning their "extremely dangerous" ideas would not be tolerated.

The cohort are becoming an increasing burden on the Australian courts, a New South Wales Magistrate told the ABC.

In this case, Mr and Ms Martin argued that the court is a "corporate entity" and "cannot instruct the living being".

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

I suppose the argument would be that you explicitly agree to that, and your employer doesn't have any possible response if you choose to if kre it other than to sever your relationship.

That, of course, is assuming they've even thought about it that much, which is probably giving sovcits too much credit.

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